"Mr. Wildstein's lawyer confirms what the Governor has said all
along — he had absolutely no prior knowledge of the lane closures
before they happened and whatever Mr. Wildstein's motivations
were for closing them to begin with," Christie's office said in
the statement.

"As the Governor said in a December 13th press conference, he
only first learned lanes were closed when it was reported by the
press and as he said in his January 9th press conference, had no
indication that this was anything other than a traffic study
until he read otherwise the morning of January 8th. The Governor
denies Mr. Wildstein's lawyer's other assertions."